Spring 2008
April 8 - Our
Elections:
Local and World Influences
Speaker: Steven Weir, Contra Costa County
Clerk-Recorder and Head of the Elections Department. The elections
department is responsible for conducting all federal, state, city and
special district elections in Contra Costa county.
April 15 - Iran: Friend or
Enemy?
Speaker:
Franklin T. Burroughs, International Relations Consultant
April 22 - U.S. &
Global Economy:
What Direction Is It Going?
Speaker: Richard Abrams, Professor
of the Graduate School UCB. His specialization is the economics of
international commerce and society.
April 29 - Water Resources: Local &
Global
Speaker:
Mathew Heberger, Director of Marin and Northern California water
resource development.
May 6 - U.S. Immigration, What Direction?
Speaker: Mark Silverman, As a
lawyer from the Immigration Legal Resource Center of San Francisco, Mr.
Silverman is involved with both legal and undocumented immigration
issues.
May
13 - U.S. Energy Policy
Speaker: Michael Dietrick, MD Executive Director of Water
Planet Environmental Broadcast Service
Fall 2007
Sept.
11 “IMMIGRATION DEBATE
AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S.
MEXICO RELATIONS“
Professor Alex Saragosa, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
Sept.
18 “CUBA TODAY“
Leslie Balog, Consultant on Cuba
Sept.
25 “HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA“
Rahul K. Parikh, MD, FAAP DSA Chief of Patient Education
Kaiser-Permanente
Oct.
2 “GLOBAL
WARMING“
Professor John Harte, Energy and Resources Group, Division of
Ecosystem Sciences, University of CA Berkeley
Oct.
9 “BIOFEUL
2007“ Elaine Chandler, PhD, Helio Project, Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory
Oct.
16 “THE FUTURE OF
INDIA“
Louis Selencourt, VP, SMAI Netapp North America
SPRING 2007
April
17 “IRELAND
TODAY”
Una
Fannon, Vice Counsul: Counsulate General of
Ireland
April 24
“US and CHINA TRADE - THE EAGLE AND THE GREAT WALL”
Morton Cordel, Owner of Silk Road Traders;
May
1
“OUR CHANGING SEA LEVELS“
NOAH
May
8 “PETROLEUM
101”
Joe Sparano, President, Western States Petroleum Association
May
15
“THE VA:REBUILDING WOUDED LIVES FROM WWII TO IRAQ“
Kerri Childress, Veterans Administration Lead Public Affairs Officer
May
22
“IRAQ- 2007“
Professor Ayad Al Qazzaz, MS., ABD, UCBerkeley & CSU
Sacramento
SPRING 2005
April
12
“PROSPECTS FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA”
Dr. Trevor Getz, Assistant Professor of History, San Francisco
State University
April 19
“EFFECTS OF THE LIBERALIZATION OF THE
GARMENT INDUSTRY ON
ASIA”
Dr. Franck Wiebe, Chief Economist
and Director, Economic Reform and Development, The Asia
Foundation
April 26
“HUMAN RIGHTS IN LATIN AMERICA”
Dr. Ronald Ahnen, Assistant Professor of Politics, St. Mary’s College
May
3
“ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT IN THE MIDDLE
EAST”
Dr. Dwight Simpson, Professor of International Relations, San
Francisco State University
May 10
“PUTIN’S ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE FURTHER DISINTEGRATION OF RUSSIA”
Dr. Susan Weissman, Professor of Politics, Saint Mary’s College
May 17
“THE ISRAELI POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEM”
Dr. Nitzhia Shaked, Lecturer of Jewish Studies, San Francisco
State
University
Fall
2005
Sept. 14
“IRAQ
AND THE POLITICS OF TRUTH”
Dr. Barry Preisler, Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and History, Sonoma State University
Sept.
21
“CHINA: FROM MIDDLE KINGDOM
TO WORLD POWER”
Dr. Thomas Scovel, Professor of Linguistics, San Francisco State
University
Sept. 28
“THE ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL HEALTH: WHO DIES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS, WHERE AND WHY?”
Lisa Thompson, Doctoral Student in the Department of Environmental
Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
Oct.
5
“POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON A DIVIDED PLANET“
Glenn Fieldman, Lecturer in the Department of International Relations
and the Department of Political Science, San
Francisco State University
Oct.
12
“ISLAM: MYTH VS. REALITY”
Ameena
Jandali, Co-founder and Secretary of the Board of Directors, Islam
Networks Group
Oct. 19
“SPAIN AND
THE EUROPEAN UNION”
Camilo Barcia Garcia-Villamil, Consulate General of Spain,
San Francisco
Spring 2004
April 13
“THE U.S.,
ISRAEL,
& PALESTINE: WHAT THE MEDIA LEAVE OUT”
Alison Weir, Journalist and founder of If Americans Knew
April
20
“GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF U.S. FINANCIAL POLICIES”
David Kotok, Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland Advisors, Inc.
April 27
“CONSIDERING AGHANISTAN’S PAST, WHAT IS ITS FUTURE?”
Dr. Farid Younos, Author and Director of Public Relations of the Afghan
Coalition
May 4
“MEXICO AND ITS INFLUENCE IN THE AMERICAS”
Dr.
Alex Saragoza, Asso. Professor of Ethnic and Chicano Studies,
University of California, Berkeley
May
11
“THE PREVENTION OF CIVIL WAR IN AFRICA”
Dr. David Leonard, Dean of International and Area Studies, Professor of
African Politics and Development Administration, University of
California, Berkeley
May 18 “INDIA: A GROWING POWER AND CLOSER FRIEND”
Dr.
James Rosenthal, Chairman of the Foreign Service Association of
Northern California, Former Executive Director of the Commonwealth
Club
Fall 2003
Sept. 16
“A KALEIDOSCOPE OF TROUBLESPOTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST“
Professor Fred Lawson, Department of Government, Mills CollegeSept.
Sept. 23
“BIOTERRORISM: FACT OR FANCY“
Dr.
Dean Wilkening, Professor of the Institute for International Studies,
Stanford University
Sept.
30 “SARS:
NATURE'S REVENGE AGAINST MAN?“
Dr.
Lee W. Riley, Professor of the School of Public Health, University of
California, Berkeley
Oct.
7
“U.S.-ASIA BUSINESS RELATIONS“
Jeremy Potash, Executive Director, California-Asia Business
Council
Oct.
14
“UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN AFRICA“
Jonathan Love, United Nations Development Program
Oct. 21
“MEXICO: GLOBALIZATION AND IMMIGRATION“
Xiomara Castro, Global Exchange
Spring 2003
April
8 “THE
NEW LEADERSHIP IN CHINA: WHAT DOES IS MEAN?“
Dr. Thomas Gold, Professor of Sociology, University of California,
Berkeley
April
15
“IMMIGRATION: BOOM OR BUST?“
Yeh
Ling-Ling, Executive Director of the Diversity Alliance for a
Sustainable America
April
22
“IRAQ: HISTORY AND POLITICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY“
Dr.
Abbas Kadhim, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, University of
California, Berkeley
April
29 “THE
CONFLICT IN CHECHNYA: A STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION, OR AN
ANTI-TERRORISM CAMPAIGN?“
Dr. Edward Walker, Executive Director for the Program in Soviet and
Post-Soviet Studies, University of California, Berekley
May
6
“OIL, ICE, AND WILDLIFE: ARCTIC DREAMS IN A LAST FRONTIER“
Dr. Stephen F. Cunha, Professor of Geography, Humboldt State University
May
13
“WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION IN ASCENDANCY, IS THE UNITED STATES IN
DECLINE?“
Gunther
De Groot, Internationl Business Consultant
Fall 2002
Sept.
17
“OIL: IS THE UNITED STATES INEVITABLY TO REMAIN HOSTAGE TO OPEC?“
Joseph W. Ault, Ph.D., Manager, Corporate Reserves, Global
Exploration, Chevron Texaco
Sept.
24 “ISRAEL
VS. PALESTINE: THE ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE“
Dr. William Brinner, Former Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern
Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Oct.
1
“OUT OF DEPENDENCY, RESTRUCTURING BRAZIL“
Prof .Wilbur A. Chaffee, Professor Emeritus, St. Mary’s College,
Moraga
Oct.
8
“TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE UN-UNDERSTANDABLE: THE RAWANDAN
GENOCIDE“
Scott Straus, graduate student, Department of Political Science, University
of California, Berkeley
Oct. 15
“JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES: THE NEXT TEN YEARS“
Prof.
Steven Vogel, Department of Political Science, University
of California, Berkeley
Oct.
22
“KASHMIR AND THE ICEBERG BELOW IT“
Prof. Sanjoy Banerjee, Department of International Relations,
San Francisco State University
Spring 2002
April
9
“ISLAM AND THE WEST: IS A CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS INEVITABLE?“
Dr. Khalil Barhoum, Coordinator and Professor of African and Middle
Eastern Languages and Literature, Stanford University
April
16 “TUBERCULOSIS:
WHY SHOULD WE CARE?“
Dr.
Lee W. Riley, Professor of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley
April
23 “WHITHER
AFGHANISTAN?“
Dr.
Hassan Kakar, Professor, Kabul University
April
30 “KEY
CROSSROAD: A CURRENT LOOK AT SOUTHEAST ASIA FROM BURMA TO THE
PHILIPPINES“
Ambassador James D. Rosenthal
May
14 “THE
THREAT OF TERRORISM: HYPE OR REALITY?“
Dr. David J. Fisher,
Professor, San Francisco State University
May
21
“GLOBALIZATION AFTER SEPT. 11: WHERE IS IT GOING?“
Dr. Tapan Munroe, Economist and Columnist
Fall 2001
Sept.
18 “U.S.
- MEXICO RELATIONS: A NEW ERA?“
Dr. Alex Saragosa, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Sept.
25 “BALLISTIC
MISSILE DEFENSE: WHAT, WHY AND WHEN?“
Dr. Dean Wilkening, Director of the Science Program, Center for
International Security and Development, Stanford University
Oct.
2
“WILL CHINA SUCCEED, AND IF SO, HOW?“
Dr.
Thomas Gold, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Oct.
9 “ISRAEL
AND THE PLO: IS PEACE STILL POSSIBLE?“
Allan Solomonow, Director, Middle East Peace Program, American Friends
Service Committee
Oct.
16 “U.S.
- RUSSIA RELATIONS IN THE BUSH/PUTIN ERA“
Dr. Edward W. Walker, Executive Director, Institute of Slavic, East
European, and Eurasian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Oct.
23
“CONFLICTS IN AFRICA“
Dr.
David K. Leonard, Dean of International and Area Studies, University of
California, Berkeley
Spring 2001
April
17
“WHO RUNS THE WORLD“
Dr. Ray Miller, Professor of International Relations, San Francisco
State University
April
24 “GLOBALIZATION:
PROS AND CONS“
Gunther De Groot, International Business Consultant
May
1
“LATIN AMERICA: WHEN DO MARKETS HELP THE POOR?“
Dr. Brad Barham, Professor at Stanford University
May
8
“GLOBAL WARMING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD“
Randy
Hayes, President of Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco
May
15
“INTERNATIONL CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS: THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS FOR
YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA“
Allison Danner, Esquire Magazine
May
22 “SOUTH
AFRICA: POST-APARTHEID URBAN-DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES“
Peter Hall
Fall 2000
Sept
12 “HEALTH AND
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MILITARISM“
Dr. Robert Gould, Kaiser, Santa Clara
Sept.
19 “CRISIS OVER LAND IN
ZIMBABWE: EXTERNAL AND DOMESTIC ROOTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT
DILEMMA“
Dr.
Kofi Akwabi-Ameyaw, Professor of Anthropology, CSU Stanislaus
Sept.
26 “WHAT IS REALLY GOING
ON IN CUBA?“
Caryn Medelbaum, Cuba Campaigns Coordinator, Global Exchange
Oct.
3 “AN
UPDATE ON THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES IN VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST
ASIA AND THEIR EFFECTS ON TRADE“
Jeremy Potash, Executive Director of California/Asia Business
Council
Oct. 10
“THE EUROPEAN UNION: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE 15 CURRENT MEMBERS AND THOSE
WHO WANT TO JOIN THEM“
Gunther
De Groot, International Business Consultant
Oct.
17 “HOW LONG CAN
IRAQ SURVIVE?“
Allan Solomonow, Director of the Middle East Peace Program, American
Friends Service Committee
Spring 2000
April
11 “U.N.
PEACEKEEPING MISSION - A U.S. NAVAL OFFICER'S VIEW“
Richard
Arthur, Annapolis Graduate
April
18 “RUSSIA TODAY:
ITS ETHNIC MINORITIES“
William M. Mandel, Author, Broadcaster & Journalist
April
25 “CONFRONTING
CHINA'S STATUS AS A WORLD POWER“
Dr.
Thomas Gold, Professor of Sociology, University of California,
Berkeley
May
2
“U.S. LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS: FOCUS ON MEXICO“
Dr.
Alex Saragoza, Professor or Latin American Studies, University of
California, Berkeley
May
9
“MIDDLE EAST: U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN CURRENT ISSUES“
Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics, University of San Francisco
May
16 “WORLD
POPULTIAON: 9 BILLION AND ONE PLANET“
Dr. Stephen Cunha, Associate Professor of Geography, Humboldt State
University
Fall 1999
Sept.
14 “FATE OF THE
KOSOVO REFUGEES AND THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES WORLDWIDE“
Margi
Dunlap, Director of the International Institute in San Francisco
Sept.
21 “GUERILLA
WARFARE IN COLOMBIA AND OTHER PARTS OF LATIN AMERICA“
Claudia Steiner, PhD Candidate at Center for Latin American Studies,
University of California, Berkeley
Sept.
28 “PROSPECTS FOR PEACE
IN ISRAEL UNDER NEW PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK“
Allan Solomonow, Middle East Director, American Friends Committee
Oct.
5
“DANGERS OF STABILITY IN SOUTH ASIA - CLASHES BETWEEN INDIA AND
PAKISTAN“
David Stuligross, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
Oct. 12 “THE
PERILOUS PATH OF U.S. RELATIONS WITH CHINA“
Dr. Wah K. Cheng, Professor of History, Mills College
Oct.
19 “U.S.
INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES: EXPERIENCES WITH NATO AND THE
U.N. - LOOKING TO THE 21st CENTURY“
Douglas
Mattern, President of Association of World Citizens
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